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The river was high and coloured after recent rain. We fished a halibut-based paste with swim feeders hoping to catch barbel but only managed to catch chub, from 1 1/2 lbs to 4lbs. Nonetheless, we had a good day. We did see 2 salmon jumping near the right bank during the day. We will be back!

10 Chub

Both anglers only fished half a day. Blanked and not even a knock. Beautiful setting and wildlife but tricky to find the swims and get the car parked anywhere near them given it is heavily wooded and you can't block the track as it is used by others.
There are a few side verges to park up but not many. When we arrived at 8am, others (syndicate members) had taken the decent, deeper swims and parking spots, leaving us scratching around for where to fish. Anyone fishing this beat for the first time should expect to spend quite a chunk of time covering the beat and working out where to fish. Very pretty though.

Double blank today - water was up overnight and felt markedly colder than earlier in the week, so we will blame that!

Caught 1 eel

3 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

1 Chub, 1 Other

Foam on the river, looked like some form of pollution. I have never seen that before in all my years fishing on the Wye.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

Excellent track for vehicle access. Very long beat but not a great deal of swim options with easy access. I know you have to clamber down the banks on the Wye to fish and I am not shy to climbing, but most of the areas we looked at were a shear drop off and I would need to abseil down. Did manage to find a couple of swims but still need my ground spike and rope. Fishing was slow at first but picked up in the afternoon.

5 Barbel

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

2 barbel one early , one late 9 chub through the day , happy , tired.

2 Barbel, 9 Chub